Hay-baler.



M A. GIBBONS.

HAY BALER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.13,1914.

Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

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APPLICATION FILE-D JAN.18, 1914.

. Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

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M. A. GIBBONS.

HAY BALER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 13, 1914 fitentedfiar. 16, 1915.

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To aid whom it concern .1

Be it known that I, MARY A. Stations, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Moines, in the county of Polk and ldtate of Iowa, have invented a certain not? and useful Hay-i8aler, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my iiiventio'n a hay haler of simple, durable civic construction.v

More psrticul riy, it is my object to provide a hay baler with new and novel means mg the spacing blocks between the successive bales.

titill a further object is to provide a new device for operating the feeding arm.

E'ltill a further object is to provide a new improved tucker of simple and inexpensive consuruction.

My invention consists in certain details,'in the construction, combination and arrangement of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attaincd, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a side elevation of a hay baler, embodying my ini'ention. Fig. 2 shows a vertical, sectional. view through the same. ig. 3 shows a top or plan view of my Fig. 4 shows a detail sectional View, taken on a vertical line through the tucker and adjacent parts. Fig. 5 shows a longi tudinal, vertical, sectional view through the tucker.

in the accompanying drawings I have used the reference numeral to indicate generally a frame supported on the Wheels 11 of my improved baler. Extending rear- Wardly from the Wheels 11 at one end of the aler, is an ordinary bale receiving chute or guide device comprised of angle irons 12. Near the outer or free end of the guide members 12 is an ordinary device 13 for drawing the upper and lower parts together for imposing tension on the bales and holding them tightly between the guide members 12. Suitably mounted at the forward end of guide members 12 receiving the he Adjacent to the upper end of the receptacle, at one side thereof, is a feeding table 15, having side Wings 16. he front and rear ends of the receptacle 1% areopen, the front end to permit the en is to provide and mexpexr 'fs'p'ci'zihcation of Letters Patent.

is a receptacle 14 for.

Patented lliar, :16, 1915.

Serial No. 8211,873. trance of the plunger hereinafter vdescribed and the rear end permit exit of the hay. In the side walls of the receptacle 14 are the ordinary pawls 17 for preventing the rcbound of the hay. Slidably mounted onthe frame of the machine and arranged to slide from a position in front of the receptacle 1% to the rear end thereof is a plunger 18. Secured to the forward Wall of the plunger 18, at its u peredge, is one flange 19 of an. angle iron, theoth er flange 20- of which extends rearwardly from the upper part of said plunger 18 and at its rearward edge is bent upwardly slightly at 21. Suitably mounted on the frame of the receptacle 1% is a trans verse shaft 22. *po'n one end of the shaft 22 is a belt Wheel ()n the other end thereof is a pinion 2i. 'lraveling on the pinion 24 is an oval internally toothed rack bar which has a supporting back or plate 26 and a central guide plate 27 designed to bear against the hub of a pinion 2% for bold ing the teeth of the rack bar in mesh with the teeth of the pinion 24.

llxtending upwardly and forwardly from the upper and lower portions of the plunger are arms 28. Two of the arms 28 are socured to the forward wall of the plunger 18 near the upper part thereof the wall near the lowerpart thereof. Mounted on the upper arms 28 is a plate or 2-9, designed to prevent the hay from ping back of the plunger 18. The bers 28 which are near each end thereof forward ends near the upper and lower ends respectively by vertical connecting bars 30. Extending downwardly and forwardly from the pivotal points just mentioned are p: -'allel arms 31, which at their forward ends are pivoted to an upright frame member 32. The lou'ermcnibers 2S and 31, at each of the plunger 18, are pivoted together and to the member 30, by means of a shaft 33, extending through them, as shown inJFigQS. Extending rearwardly from the rack bar 25 is an arm 34, which divides into arms 35, pivoted to the shaft 33, near the end thereof, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. be seen that when the shaft 22 is rotated, the rack bar 25 Will be operated, thereby impart ing reciprocating horizontal motion to the plunger 18. -ln-this connection it may be notedthat the'members 28 and 31 and droptwo memure pivoted at their board is pivoted to the plunger lb and two to end I mamas opening into said boy receiving mews, a. having its Lion roller mounted 0E center on said shaft, said below the emfifi. roller being adapted to be engaged by said fies Moines, Iowa Ifiecember plunger and rofiated and raised from its 1M lower to its upper osition, and yielding means for holding t e shaft at the lower position of its movement with the roller 

